Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries longtime love on his 93rd birthday

A Facebook post received 53,000 "likes" and "loves" by Saturday and was accompanied by photos of the newlyweds.

• Jan 21, 2023

Russia to launch mission to rescue astronauts

Russia will launch a rescue mission next month to retrieve three stranded astronauts after investigators say their Soyuz spacecraft was damaged by a micrometeoroid. Mark Strassmann has the latest.

• Jan 12, 2023
• 02:04

Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7's last surviving astronaut, dies at 90

Cunningham was one of three men who served on the first human test flight of the Apollo spacecraft, a mission that helped pave the way for astronauts to walk on the moon for the first time just months later.

• Jan 4, 2023

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann on making history

NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann became the first Native American woman to travel to space earlier this month when she commanded the Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.

• Oct 20, 2022
• 00:47

Astronaut James McDivitt, commander of Apollo 9, dies at age 93

Former NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission, died on Thursday, NASA said.

• Oct 17, 2022

NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann makes history in space

She said she was bringing a dream catcher her mother gave her to the space station.

• Oct 6, 2022

NASA, Space-X launch Crew-5 mission

NASA and Space-X successfully launched their latest joint mission to the International Space Station. The international crew of the Crew-5 mission includes the first Native American woman to go to space and a Russian cosmonaut. Former NASA astronaut Ron Garan joins CBS News to discuss what the mission is like to the ISS.

• Oct 5, 2022
• 06:34

Ed Dwight Jr.'s second mission

Ed Dwight Jr. tells Jericka Duncan the story of how he almost became the nation's first Black astronaut and how he found another mission.

• Sep 1, 2022
• 06:10

NASA set for Artemis launch on Monday

The countdown is on for Monday’s planned Artemis 1 launch of the most powerful NASA rocket ever built. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Aug 28, 2022
• 02:34

Artemis team member on launch

Nearly 50 years after NASA's last trip to the moon, the first flight of NASA's next moonshot is set to launch Monday. Astronaut and Artemis team member Kate Rubins discusses the new mission.

• Aug 28, 2022
• 05:55

NASA to require a former astronaut to chaperone tourists to ISS

NASA is not trusting private citizens to travel to the International Space Station on their own.

• Aug 3, 2022

Watch: China launches crew to its own space station

Three Chinese astronauts blasted off and rocketed into orbit Thursday, setting off after the recently-launched core module of China's new space station for a planned three-month stay. Read more here.

• Jun 17, 2021
• 01:14

Scott Kelly on keys to success

Former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his new book, "Ready for Launch: An Astronaut's Lessons for Success on Earth." He shares his life lessons for new graduates and anyone who needs a boost.

• Apr 13, 2022
• 04:50

NASA astronaut returns to Earth with Russians

An American astronaut hitched a ride back to Earth with two Russian cosmonauts despite tensions between the countries. Mark Vande Hei spent a record 355 days at the International Space Station.

• Mar 30, 2022
• 00:22

Why do astronauts get "space anemia"? This study has an answer.

The world-first study found that more than 3 million red blood cells were killed a second in space, compared to just 2 million on Earth.

• Jan 14, 2022

CBS Weekend News, November 15, 2020

SpaceX sends first team of astronauts to space; National Museum of the United States Army opens in Virginia

• Nov 15, 2020
• 19:09

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from December 17, 2013

NASA says it will take a series of spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line that shut down half of the International Space Station's cooling system last week; and, with the latest Mega Millions jackpot soaring to over $600 million, Americans everywhere are catching lotto fever. Paula Otto, the lead director for Mega Millions, says that just a few alterations to the format of the game have increased the likelihood of massive jackpots.

• Dec 17, 2013
• 18:05

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from December 20, 2013

President Obama addressed questions about NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and whether there's a possibility of a negotiation for a plea agreement or amnesty; and, Steve Hartman meets Jackie Turner, a woman who wanted to raise her spirits around the holidays by hiring a set of parents on Craigslist.

• Dec 20, 2013
• 19:36

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from February 26, 2014

A crowd erupted in cheers as Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced that she would veto a bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays on religious grounds; and, it's been a tough winter for many across the U.S., but a group of Ohio salt miners don't mind the business that's been keeping them working around the clock.

• Feb 26, 2014
• 21:06

NASA spacewalk delayed due to debris threat

A scheduled spacewalk outside the International Space Station to fix a bad antenna was postponed after NASA said the risk of astronauts being struck by debris was too high.

• Nov 30, 2021
• 00:22

The full episode of the CBS Evening News from June 9, 2014

An internal audit revealed in more than 75 percent of all Veterans Affairs clinics, at least one scheduler said supervisors ordered them to falsify records of how long veterans were waiting; and, CBS News' Scott Pelley interviewed U.S. Navy Commander Reid Wiseman and Dr. Steven Swanson, two astronauts aboard the International Space Station, about Wiseman's tweets and their mission.

• Jun 9, 2014
• 19:15

CBS Evening News, May 27, 2020

U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100,000; Texas high school holds graduation ceremony at speedway

• May 27, 2020
• 16:16

Man who flew to space with Blue Origin dies

Glen de Vries, an entrepreneur who recently flew to space with actor William Shatner, was killed in a plane crash in New Jersey.

• Nov 12, 2021
• 00:21

SpaceX and NASA launch new crew to space station

Four astronauts rocketed into orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule late Wednesday, kicking off a 22-hour rendezvous with the International Space Station. Strapped into the Crew Dragon "Endurance," commander Raja Chari, co-pilot Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer blasted off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 9:03 p.m. ET, climbing away atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket using a previously flown first stage.

• Nov 10, 2021
• 15:46

Historic SpaceX launch postponed

SpaceX was ready to make history with the launch of the first crew aboard a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station. But the weather didn't cooperate, and the launch had to be postponed for Saturday. Mark Strassmann reports.

• May 27, 2020
• 02:07

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